They we're back, they were in Mike's room.
"El! El you're home, you're at my house." Said Mike
"Mike."
"Nancy, go make sure that Will and Lucas are ok."
She smiled, even when the girl he has been missing for months is at his house, he still cares about his friends.
Mike helped her take off the hazmat suit, and set her on his bed.
"I'll go make some Eggos."
"Mike."
"Yeah El?"
"Thanks."
He ran downstairs grabbing the waffles and putting them in the toaster, then he grabbed some clothes, grabbed the waffles and ran back up to his room.
"Here, have some. Once you're done you can take a shower, I got some clothes."
She ate the waffles like she hadn't eaten in days, and she probably hadn't, given the state he found her in.
She could stand now, she went to go shower and Mike realized how tired he was, opening a portal took some apparent effort, he had just noticed the blood coming from his nose. It was weird, knowing you could do stuff like that. He laid on his bed, trying not to fall asleep, he still had to figure out where El was sleeping.
He got up, and went to the basement, grabbed a sleeping bag and a pillow, he decided that El could sleep on his bed tonight.
When he was coming back upstairs he heard his mom calling him.
"What is that for?"
"Oh, I needed an extra pillow, and I was getting cold last night."
"Why is your nose bleeding?"
"Tripped going downstairs."
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah mom, I'm fine."
"Ok, go to sleep."
"Yes mom."
His mom went to her room
El came out of the bathroom.
"Come on, we have to get you to my room."
"Ok."
They went in.
"You can sleep in my bed tonight, I'll sleep down here."
"Why?"
"Because, my bed is comfier."
"Why don't we sleep in the same bed?"
"Because, my bed isn't big enough."
"We could both sleep on the floor."
He looked at her, she looked like she needed someone to be with her.
"Ok, I'll go get more blankets and pillows."
He went and got them
"Ok, here we go."
He set up a king size sleeping bag mattress in the middle of his room
"Is this ok?"
"Yes."
They went to bed, keeping a light on though, Mike didn't want El to wake up and feel like she was still in the upside down.
Around four hours later El woke up, crying. This woke Mike up who proceeded to calm her down.
"It's ok, I'm here, you're fine."
"Sorry."
"No, it's not your fault, I get nightmares too. Just, try and get some sleep."
She felt warmer, Mike always knew how to make her feel better.